custos
English
Etymology
Noun
custos (plural custodes)
- (obsolete) A warden.
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for custos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”) (English hide).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkus.toːs/, [ˈkʊs.toːs]
Noun
custōs m (genitive custōdis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | custōs | custōdēs |
| genitive | custōdis | custōdum |
| dative | custōdī | custōdibus |
| accusative | custōdem | custōdēs |
| ablative | custōde | custōdibus |
| vocative | custōs | custōdēs |
Derived terms
References
- custos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- custos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- custos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- custos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
custos
- plural of custo
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